Lewis wigfall franks



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L. W. FRANKS.

BAG.

No. 366,659. Patented July 19, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICEQ LEIVIS XVIGFALL FRANKS, OF KYLE, TEXAS.

BAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 366,659, dated July 19,1887.

Appllcation filed July 31, 1886. Serial No. 209.67.).

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit k n own that I, LEwIs \VIGFALL FRANKS, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Kyle, in the county of Hays and State of Texas, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Bags, of which the following isaspecification.

My invention relates to bags fol-holding various commodities, and moreparticularly cotton, wool, and such other substances which are so firmlypacked into the bags that they cannot be poured out of the mouths of thesame; and my invention consists in a bag comprising certain peculiar andnovel features of construction, as hereinafter described, and claimed.

In order that myinvention may be fully understood, I will proceed todescribe it with reference to the accompanying drawings, in whichFignrcl is a front elevation of my improved bag in a closed condition.Fig. 2 is a rear view of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of thebag with the flap open. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal vertical section ofFig. 1.

In the said drawings, A designates the body of the bag, which is splitopen from top to bottom down the front,so asto form theseparatelongitudiual edges a a, and at its top it hasa flap, a.

The lower cdges,c",of the front and back of the bag are firmly sewed orotherwise joined together to form the bottom seam, a", closing thebottom of the bag. Upon the edge a is secured a double reent'orce strip,a, which carries the staples a", while the edge a has a similar doublere-enforce, (5, having openings a", to receive the staples a". The upperstaple,

a, after having been passed through the upper opening, a, is also passedthrough asimilar opening, a, in the flap a.

b designates a cord or strap, which is secured, as at Z), to the lowercorner of edges a a and which when the bag is closed is carried upwardbeneath the staples of, so as to secure the edges a a together and theflap a in closed condition.

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moved in bulk from the bag.

I do not confine myself exclusively to the precise details ofconstruction above described, because various modifications maybe madcinsuch details without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

I. The herein' described bag comprising the body A, divided down itsfront, one edge, (1, having staples a, and the other edge, a, havingopenings a adapted to engage said staples, a coveringflap, a, providedwith an opening, a adapted to engage one of said sta ples, and aflexible fastening device secured to said bag and adapted to be passedthrough said staples for securing the edges and covering-flap,substantially as described.

2. The herein-described bag comprising the body A, having the edges c a,extending from its top to its bottom, the seam a, extending across itsbottom, and a closing-flap, a, said edge a having openings a, and saidedge a being provided with staples a, adapted to pass through theopenings ctiand a strap,b,adapted to pass through the staples,substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

O. L. SLEDGE, H. I-IILLMAN.

